DEAMS Continuous Capability Development

Abstract

FY22 funding for this PE has been transferred to PE 0608920F, Defense Accounting and Management System (DEAMS), Project Number 685178, DEAMS Continuous Capability Development. The FY 2018 NDAA Sections 873/874 directed OSD to streamline software development. The Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS) has been included in an OSD pilot initiative in which all lifecycle funding will be tracked under BA08, Software and Digital Technology Pilot Programs. Pilot programs will test the ability to execute modern software development practices encompassing development, procurement, modification and maintenance activities. The DEAMS pilot program in PE 0608920F, RDT&E, Air Force, BA08 includes Air Force RDT&E, Other Procurement, and Operations & Maintenance funds transferred from PE 0901554F. DEAMS is a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), Oracle-based software implementation which provides an auditable, modern accounting and finance management capability. It is the Department of the Air Force's (DAF) core accounting and financial management solution and is a key component of the DAF's long-term business process improvements needed to sustain auditability and correct financial system weaknesses. DEAMS supports 17,000 users at 170 installations world-wide supporting all Air Force Major Commands, the U.S. Space Force, and Unified Commands where the DAF is the executive agent. DEAMS is a joint DAF and United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Program that replaces numerous inefficient and/or obsolete legacy accounting and finance systems and provides core funds execution management functions consistent with financial management laws, regulations and policy, general ledger, funds management, payments, receivables, cost and revenues, and fiduciary reporting. The DAF has transitioned DEAMS to the Capability Support Phase, in which enhancements are managed through the Agile software development backlog by the Program Management Office (PMO) and Function Management Office (FMO). Enhancement activities will be implemented via a process of development cycles, in which usable capability is produced after every iteration. The PMO construct, along with the application of Agile principles allows the program to properly plan system requirements, deliver early capability to the end users, achieve early return on investment of taxpayer dollars, mitigate risk, reduce waste, effectively respond to change, and continuously improve processes. The DAF is planning to increase DEAMS usage within the acquisition community to include acquisition program executive offices, laboratories, test centers, and air logistics complexes. These deployments will add an additional 4,500 users for a total of 21,500 users. DEAMS is compliant with the Clinger-Cohen Act and the DoD's Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA). DEAMS is key to DAF compliance with the Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) requirement. This requirement supports performance of a full financial audit as required by title 10 U.S.C. Chapter 9A, Sec 240-D. This program element may include necessary emergent or unanticipated civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver DEAMS for emergent or unanticipated weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605831F. In FY20 $0.000M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY21 $0.000M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: 675178_0901554F_7_3600_PB_2022

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Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Defense Financial Management and Audit.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• Space